Solutions

With online video sessions and tools, Gemiini uses play-based learning to teach speech, language, reading, social skills, and life skills. Learn more about how Gemiini is changing the lives of families across the globe.

Evidence & Research Supporting Gemiini

Video modeling has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to teach speech and reading skills with more than three decades of research and studies conducted with hundreds of thousands of people. Additional research shows that Gemiini's Discrete Video Modeling is even more effective than standard video modeling.

The Study

Teaching parents to conduct functional analyses and to implement functional communication training is an efficacious approach for treating socially maintained problem behavior (Derby et al., 1997). Research has found that delivering this assessment and intervention package via telehealth technologies is efficient and acceptable to caregivers in the United States (Wacker et al., 2013b). We replicated this work with families residing in rural and urban areas of eight countries. Two behavior therapists located in the United States conducted appointments in the participants' native languages, using interpreters as needed. Parent-implemented functional analyses and treatment with functional communication training were highly effective in reducing problem behavior in children diagnosed with autism. Furthermore, parents rated the procedures as acceptable and indicated that the treatment would be effective with their children. These findings indicate that telehealth technologies are a viable option for clinicians to provide behavior analysis services to families around the world.